Clothesline support



Sept- 27, 1932- B. FRIDHOLM 1,880,082

CLOTHESLINE SUPPORT Filed MarGh 15, 1932 v lNvENTOR jarne'Fz/dhoim Patented Sept. 27, 1932 Y PATENT orties MARNE RIDHQLMQOF BROOKLYN, New vom!" y c LofrnEsLINn sur-Point Application filled lllarch 15, 1932. `Serial No. 5'.-38,9`23.-

This invention relates to new and useful nnprovementsin aerial clothes lines, and has for its main object to eliminate the danger to.

a person, or housewife, incidentally to. lean-,

ing out of a window, whenhanging out or removing clothes for drying. f y Y As this device comprises comparatively few parts, and as the construction is rather simple,- the cost of manufacturing theV same should be proportionately low. lVith the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the novel features of Construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter. fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, and in which similar characters of reference indicate oorrespondingparts in all views, and in which: .Y

VFigure 1 is a side elevation of my` device in full extended form, that is with the major arm projecting from the open window into the room. f Y Figure 2- is a top plan view of my device as shown in Figure l. Figure 3 is a detail view showing the relative arrangement of a pulley system; wliilefFigure 4 is another detail view, and Figure 5 shows my device in actual op-. eration, that is withrrthe clothes line conf nected to a pole. j

Referring' more particularly to. thev draw-v ing, 11 is a jamh ofthe windoweframe. to which is attached at the outer side the car.- rier 12 of the aerial clothesline-fastener of my invention, as seen in Figure 2 this carrier is preferably of a rectangular form, so that its free end :with vthe clothes-,line or. ropefastener extends from the lateral windowT jamb to the'space in frontrof thewindowr opening, to facilitate the operation of the device. VTo the carrier 12 are riveted or screwed the middle parts of two short hars 13, 14 of rectangular cross section, the free ends of which bars are twisted at a degree angle and are rounded off, with holes intheir centers, so that they may serve as hinges for the other parts carried by them. The two hinges l5, 16 which face the openspace outside the house, carry yclamps 17, 18,riveted to two arms extending from the' middle part of the `holder 19 of the two outdoorfpulleys 2Q, 2,1,-

so. that these ropepulleys are. arranged;'ver-k tically the one above the other-c The ends 01 the pulley-.holder 1 9 project somewhat bef yond thevcircumferences of their respective pulleys 20, 21, so as to protect the clothesline or rope from jumpng'tstrack on thepulleys At the other free ends ofthe short bars 18 14, which face the windovv-opening or to-n wards the` insideof the house,`are provided two more hinges 22', 2 3-, Carrying clamps 249, 25, which with their middle parte hold-a pair of guide-pulleys 26, 27 surrounded by rope- Figure 3. YTo the other-,ends of the clamps 24, 25. at 3 0 and 8,1, respectively'is hinged the. longer bar 32, comprising two. members, which are braced together at different places of their length, so as to forma well sti'ened rigid swngable arm. The bracing yoke 34 at the swinging endof this arm sur-rounds the opposite'pulley 3,5 of the clothes-line. ln consequence of the three pairs of hinges the whole device may loev stretched in a straight line as shown in the F igureS 2 and 5, (in full lines), in which position the swingalole arm, 32, reaches through the window opening partly into the house, or this arm 32, may be swung round the two pairs of hinges22, 2-3 and 30, 31 out ofthe'rocinv or house into the position indicatedV by the pointed lines in Figure 2, Yso that this arm extends' parallel to the main part of the cl othes-line or rope.

From the foregoing description ofthe conT struction the manipulation 4of this new.y and f' improveddevice mayV readily vhe understood to-loe as follows:` z Y An endless clothes-line or rope 3 6 encircles a second pulley 37 arranged in the yard aty a ,pole 3.8 opposite to the place of the present device, as `shown in VFigure 5, They upper portion of the endless rope 36 is conducted from the outer pulley 37 into the groove of the pulley 2O and from there through the groove of the pulley 26 to the opposite-.pulley 35. of the rope-fastening device at the house; after encircling this opposite pulley 35 the lower portion of the'rope. goes back over the grooves of the two lower-guide-vpulleys 27 and 211 to the pulley 37 at the outer pole 38.

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'fencing tongues 2.8,; 2 9, as Seen best in the ,Y

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If the house-wife or other user of the device wishes to hang up clothes or other washed goods for drying then she takes the lower portion of the rope out of the grooves of the lower guide-pulleys 27 and 21, so that this lower portion hangs freely between the two pulleys 35. and 37,;then she fastens the clothes on the lower portion and shifts them step by step out into the open air. Whereas Awith the older well-known arrangement of, theI hang-out rope the person had' to `lean farout of the window, which made the work of fastening the clothes on the rope a very tiresome and extremely dangerous task. As will be noted a person who uses my invention may fastenthe clothes to the rope while standing comfortably within the room, as the longer arm 32, of this new and improved rope-supporter reaches through the window opening well into the room. When all the clothes are hung on the rope and shifted out into the open air, then the user puts the lower portion of rope again between the fencing tongues and into the grooves of the guide-pulleys 27 and 21. When this is done,fthe longer arm 32, of the device may be swung round the two pairs of hinges 22, 23a-nd 30, 31 into the posi-` tion shown in Figure 2 by dotted lines, in which position this longer-arm extends towards the outer open space, Thus it isremoved out of the window opening and the window sash may be closed again, while the clothes or wash is hanging outside for drying.A Even with this last-described'position of the longarm 32, doubling back towards the outside, the `rope 36 remains unchanged in tensioned position, as it is held within the grooves of the guiding-pulleys 26, 27, which are centrally arranged upon the bracket. Y

rIhe new and improved rope-supporter according to my invention is built symmetrically to both sides of its longitudinal axis and as it is seen in Figure 1', it maybe fastened either to the right-side jamb or to the left-side jamb of a window frame; and further the holder 19 of Ythe two outdoor guide-pulleys 20, 21 may be swung slightly round the hinges 15, 16 if the outside-fastening pole 38 is not situated straight in front of the windowopening but somewhat more to the side. Twov eyelets 39, 40, provided at the beforesaid holder 19 and at the longer arm 32,1respectively further allow anadditional bracing of the rope-supporting device by inserting into these eyelets suitable hooks which may be fastenedvat other points of thewindow-frame. f It isobvious` that changes may be made in the form, construction 'and arrangement of the several parts, Vas shown, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not therefore wish to limit myself to the construction and arrangement shown and described What I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A support for aerial clothes-lines or ropes, comprisingin combination, a carrier to be fastened outside ata window-frame or wall andreaching to the outside space in front of the window-opening, a longer arm hingedly connected to parts at the end of the said carrier and adapted to be swungy through the window-opening partly into the interior of a room, or to be swung back towards the open space outside of the window-opening, areversal-pulley for the clothes-line or rope arranged at the lfree swinging end of the arm, a shorter armk extending from the aforesaid end of the carrier in the direction opposite to the parts carrying the longer arm, a pair ofv guide-pulleys for the clothes-line or ropewat theend of the said short arm, and a pair of intermediary guide-pulleys for the clothes-line or rope close to the hinges carrying the said swingable. longer arm. f

2. A support for aerial clothes-lines or ropes, comprising in combination, a carrier fastened outside of a window and reaching to the open space in front of the windowopening,rpairs of hinges arranged at two opposite ends of the carrier in a direction through the window, a short arm held in the hinges arranged at the carrier-end nearer to the open space in front of the window, a pair of guide-pulleys for the clothes-line or rope at the free end of the said shorter arm, a longer arm held in double hinges arranged at the carrier-end nearer to the window, a reversalpulley for the clothes-line or rope at the lfree end of the longer arm, another pair of guidepulleys for the clothes-line or rope arranged close to the said double hinges in such a manner, as to guide and hold the clothesline or rope tensioned for all the different adjustments of the swingable longer arm,the arrangement .of all the .guide-pulleys being such, as to allow a'temporary'disengagement of the clothes-carrying line from the guidepulleys carrying it during the hanging-out or removal ofthe clothes.

3. A support for aerial clothes-line or ropes, comprising in combination, a carrier fastened outside of a window and reaching to the open space in front of the window-openn ing, pairs of hinges arranged at two opposite ends of the carrier in a line of direction going through the window, a short army held in the hinges at the carrier-end which is situated nearer to the outside in front` of the window, a pair of guide-pulleys yfor the clothes-line or rope at the free end of the said short arm,

a longer arm held in double hinges situated at the carrier end nearer to the window, a reversal-pulley for the clothes-line or rope at the free swingable end of the longer arm, another pair of guide pulleys for the clothesline or rope arranged close to the said double hinges in su'ch Y a Y manner as to guide the clothes-line or rope and: tohold'it tensioned in all the dierent adjustments given to the swingable longer arm, and rope-fencing tongues surrounding each one of the said guide-pulleys in such a manner, as to allow a temporary removal of the rope from the grooves of the pulleys carrying the said clothes-line.

4. A support for aerial clothes-lines or ropes, as claimed in claim l, with such arrangement of the parts as to be symmetrical with reference to the longitudinal aXis of the whole device, so as to permit of its fastening at either side of a window opening.

Signed at New York City, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 16th day of February, A. D. 1932.

BJARNE VFRIDHOLM. 

